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radiorahim
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posted 11 March 2004 04:25 PM      Profile for radiorahim     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Two Ontario farmworkers were posthumously honoured with medals for bravery by the Governor-General when they died trying to rescue a fellow worker who'd fallen to the bottom of a manure tank.

Yet the Ontario government still refuses to cover farmworkers under the Occupational Health & Safety Act.

story on UFCW site


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